Where I'm at today...

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest. 
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am gentle & humble in heart
and you will find rest for you souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. 
Matthew 11:28-31


Yesterday I should have started nursing classes

but I didn't

God only knows why I was not accepted into nursing school

and I mean that in the way that, really God is the only one that knows why.

This has been my dream since I was a child

I'm not after it for the money
or the hours for sure
or the "job title"
I've said before that they could pay my $3\hr and I would be just fine with it
It's my passion!

and here I am almost 32 and I've been going to school for the last 2 years

waiting for this momet

and it's not here


Show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalms 16:11


It's my passion...
but is it God's will & purpose for me?
Again, only God know this

Wait for the Lord;

be strong, and let your heart take courage;

Wait for the Lord!

Psalms 27:14

Have I mentioned that I'm awful at waiting?

but I suppose we all do.

I'm still waiting to hear about another school

but again it's the waiting

everyone else is up and going

moving on to bigger and better

That's what I'm suppose to be doing!

I keep reminding myself though that this is HIS plan, not mine

"For I know that plans I have for you," declares the Lord,

"Plans to PROSPER you and not to harm you,

plans to give you HOPE and  a FUTURE"

Psalms 29:11

But it's days like today

cause we all have them

the I do want to have a "pity party" for myself,

a "woe is me" moment

and I was have "that" party this morning

but I covered myself

in the Word of God

if I don't then satan will come in an take over my spirit

and that is not a place I want to be, right now or ever

It's hard to get out of that place once you're there.

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by name, YOU ARE MINE.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;

and through the rivers they shall not overwhelm you;

when you walk through fire, you shall not be burned,

the flame shall not consume you.

For I AM the Lord your God,

The Holy One of Israel,

Your Savior.
Isaiah 43:1-3

If that isn't awesome stuff

then I'm not sure quite what is.

There is no denying that God is looking out for me

My Lord is with me every step of the way

There is no denying that

However,

My flesh gets in the way

and because of that I am grateful that

I have the Bible that I can go to

for awesome, truth-filled, words that can consume me and overwhelm me.

If I'm going to feel either one of those things,

God's Word is the best stuff to be consumed with and overwhelmed by!

More of my Mad Parenting Skills...

My girls each have a water bottle exactly like the one above.

Madelyn uses her's for soccer practice & games

Lilly uses her's for whatever

So I have to keep a close eye on what she puts in it

It's not just water

Imagine milk just a few days old...

ewe!

We've discovered that these water bottles make a "puffing" noise when squeezed

Imagine an O2 puff

or the puff of air that they shoot in your eye at the eye Dr.

Or maybe that's just me

cause I'm so darn blind

Either way

When you squeeze this water bottle and it "puffs" air

Water rarely comes out of it

Until I do it

Lilly and I were playing around the other night

She was pretending to squirt me with the bottle

making those "puffs of air"

So "mommy" returns

I ask her for the bottle so I can go wash it

Thankfully it's just water....and not milk

So I turn in the hallway and act like I'm  going to squirt her

but only making a "puff"

Yeah...not so much

I'm pretty certain that every ounce of water that was in there

shot right out and into Lilly's eye!

I managed to make her cry for a good 10 minutes

Nice!

Parenting FAIL!

I signed up at the girls' school to have access to their information
Grades, Assignments, Attendance, etc.
To keep track of everything that's going on at school
So...

A lady called me from the school system
Introduced herself and said,
"I need to verify a few things first to be sure you are 'mom'"
Me: "Ok, no problem"
She asks,
"Can you verify your childrens' fullnames and birthdates?"
Me: "Sure"

So I proceed to giver her Madelyn's full name
and her birthday
I give her Lilly's full name
and then her birthdate

This is where it gets ugly...

I got Lilly's birthday WRONG
What??!!
I'm her mother
How do I get her birthday wrong?

Oh, but I did.

I had the right month and year
but I said the 14th
The lady said, "Ok....um....that's not what we have on file, we have the 17th"
All I could say was "Oh??"
After a long pause
I felt ridiculous and said
"Now, that you say the 17th that IS her birthday"

insert embarassing laughter here

I was never really expecting the "Mother of the Year Award"
but I know now that I am definately out of the running
for quite a while...

Should I mention I gave her the wrong email address too??!!
Yea, I don't think I should mention that either.

Geez!

Running, Squats, & Lunges....Oh My!

Last night the whole family hit up the gym

I'm down 4 lbs in the last week

and I want to continue that downward trend

Who wouldn't!?!?

Madelyn didn't have soccer practice last night

She was excited

but only briefly

Josh had her out on the fields at the Y

running sprints

shooting goals

and other soccer "stuff"

Then she came into the workout room

I was waiting for her

MORE running

The girl can run

It's in her for sure

Makes us proud

I had already been busting it out on the treadmill

HIIT workout

Have you heard of it?

High Intensity Interval Training

Yeah...It's that bad

But the best thing is

It's not a steady run

but an all out sprint for 45sec-1min

Then you jog\walk for 1.5-2 minutes

It's a GREAT workout

Keeps your metabolism revved up for so much longer

Then Madelyn and I did sit-ups, push-ups and planks

She hated me

I'm awesome like that!

We got home and she said,

"That was the best workout ever!"

Our job here is done!



If you have dogs....you'll understand

The Ultimate Dog Tease!

Broken...

...arms that is!

Our ever so clutzy Lilly

the poor dear!

Lilly's first broken arm was in Febuary 2011.
She fell off of her scooter out in the driveway
We were lucky enough to find an urgent care clinic
they were able to set and splint your arm that same night

Little did we know we would need to utilize their services later on...

This was Febuary 2011...

This is July 2011...
Just the way we wanted to spend out Friday evening in July
July 22, 2011 to be exact!
Lilly, Madelyn & Daddy were out in the front playing soccer
Madelyn was showing off some stuff she learned at UGA soccer camp
Lilly, the fiesty little thing, was determined to win the ball from dad
She tripped and fell over dad's foot
breaking her arm
same arm....exact same place as the first break

They were a bit worried about how you broke it this time

Your wrist was a little "off"

Thankfully, it healed perfectly and no surgery was required!

YAY!!

Lilly decided that Dr. Shuler was the "most awesome" doctor

He gave her a water-proof cast!!

You were so excited about that.

Everyone else was too

We hit up the pool that following weekend!

yep, two breaks...one year!

Here's to hoping that we make it a little longer till the next one

Or maybe even none at all! 

If not, we might get assigned our own parking spot at Athens Orthopedic Clinic
HA!!



Monday is brought to you by the letter, "S"....

And "S"  is for soapbox...
Today's soapbox rant is specific to my kids

As parents, you have to be an advocate for your children
if you aren't....who will be then?
If you don't, your children won't learn to stand up for themselves
and fight for what they really want
heck....for what they deserve

If someone
ASSUMES
(you know what that means right!!??)
something about your child and they are punished for what someone...
ASSUMES
(again!!??)
then who wins?
The child certainly doesn't
and the true meaning of assume really comes out.

But my child now knows the truth
but only because her parents stood up for her!

....stepping down from my soapbox now